Poetry Slam at the Erika Fuchs House

Spoken Word Art at the Comic Museum

The Poetry Slam at the Erika Fuchs House is a recurring event series at Germany's only Comic Museum, the Erika Fuchs House in Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Hof district, Fichtelgebirge). The stage poetry competition perfectly matches the profile of a museum that explicitly sees itself as a "Museum for Comics and Spoken Word Art." In 2026, it will be the third Poetry Slam held at this location.

Erika Fuchs and the "Erikativ"

The museum is named after Erika Fuchs, who translated Disney comics featuring Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse into German from 1951 to 1988. She created shortened verb forms from word stems, such as "stöhn" (groan), "ächz" (gasp), or "grübel" (ponder), which entered linguistic history as infinitives or — affectionately called by fans — "Erikativ." In 2026, the Erika Fuchs House received the German Language Institution Award.

The 2026 Performance

Dominic Hopp will present the third Poetry Slam at the house on November 20, 2026, at 7:00 PM — spoken word art amidst the museum's world of comics and language.

The Erika Fuchs House

The museum interactively combines comic history, the world of Carl Barks and Erika Fuchs, and spoken word art. It is centrally located in Schwarzenbach an der Saale and is one of Bavaria's most recognized specialized museums.